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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2010-08-30 13:19:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2010-08-30 13:19:39 +0000 |
| commit | 4da8ebe2882eb2b08dca38685ecea0ef07d1f5cc (patch) | |
| tree | f41736b6cd31f6a939d05fb621178a81e18dfc9d /winsup | |
| parent | 92596190c4f48613d55ac7878c481d872f717d21 (diff) | |
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* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Document change to binmode/textmode
link libs.
* textbinary.sgml (textbin-devel): Ditto.
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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/new-features.sgml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/textbinary.sgml | 24 |
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 3e231b5..fe47e95 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2010-08-30 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + + * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Document change to binmode/textmode + link libs. + * textbinary.sgml (textbin-devel): Ditto. + 2010-08-28 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.7): Document change to avoid DLL diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml index e459d5f..fdaa01a 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml @@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ Make sure to follow the Microsoft security advisory concerning DLL hijacking. See the <ulink url="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2269637.mspx">Microsoft Security Advisory (2269637) "Insecure Library Loading Could Allow Remote Code Execution"</ulink> for details. </para></listitem> +<listitem><para> +Allow to link against -lbinmode instead of /lib/binmode.o. Same for +-ltextmode, -ltextreadmode and -lautomode. +See <xref linkend="textbin-devel"></xref> for details. +</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect2> diff --git a/winsup/doc/textbinary.sgml b/winsup/doc/textbinary.sgml index 7f4aae5..6e6e830 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/textbinary.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/textbinary.sgml @@ -142,38 +142,46 @@ in your project, like this:</para> $ gcc my_tiny_app.c /lib/binmode.o -o my_tiny_app </screen> +<para>Starting with Cygwin 1.7.7, you can use the even simpler:</para> + +<screen> + $ gcc my_tiny_app.c -lbinmode -o my_tiny_app +</screen> + <para>This adds code which sets the default open mode for all files opened by <command>my_tiny_app</command> to binary for reading and writing.</para> -<para>Cygwin provides the following object files to set the default open mode -just by linking an application against them:</para> +<para>Cygwin provides the following libraries and object files to set the +default open mode just by linking an application against them:</para> <itemizedlist mark="bullet"> <listitem> <screen> -/lib/automode.o - Open files for reading in textmode - Open files for writing in binary mode +/lib/libautomode.a - Open files for reading in textmode, +/lib/automode.o open files for writing in binary mode </screen> </listitem> <listitem> <screen> -/lib/binmode.o - Open files for reading and writing in binary mode +/lib/libbinmode.a - Open files for reading and writing in binary mode +/lib/binmode.o </screen> </listitem> <listitem> <screen> -/lib/textmode.o - Open files for reading and writing in textmode +/lib/libtextmode.a - Open files for reading and writing in textmode +/lib/textmode.o </screen> </listitem> <listitem> <screen> -/lib/textreadmode.o - Open files for reading in textmode - Keep default behaviour for writing. +/lib/libtextreadmode.a - Open files for reading in textmode, +/lib/textreadmode.o keep default behaviour for writing. </screen> </listitem> |